Below are some topics you may be asked to write about: The primary sources in bold above must be used to support your arguments (Please remember that the best answers will providequotes and details directly from the sources and will explain how the quotes support with your ideas; this creates a robust historical argument. Without supporting quotes from the source evidence answers become anemic, lead to deficient arguments, and cannotearn good scores.)
– Renaissance – where it began and why, values of, and how it was different from the Middle Ages
– Humanist education – things humanists might study?how women fit in with this issue?
– Civic vs. Christian Humanism —
why different in Northern Europe, examples of each
– Reformation – Luther’s writings and attitude, purpose of public debates, why Luther succeeded, why there are so many versions of Protestant Christianity today
– Exploration – motives, descriptions of New World & people, how represents Ren. values